I'm currently working with the RadDocking control in a WPF application and facing a challenge with programmatically docking a floating panel. My goal is to dock a floating RadPane programmatically in a way that exactly replicates the user manually dragging it to dock.
Here's the scenario: When a user manually drags a RadPane to dock it, everything works as expected, including behaviors such as layout restoration (using Telerik's layout save and restore functionality). However, when I attempt to dock the same RadPane programmatically by moving it to a desired RadPaneGroup, the behavior differs. Specifically, after programmatically docking and then performing a layout restore, the previously docked RadPane disappears, which does not happen with manual docking.
rPanel.RemoveFromParent();rPanGroup.Items.Add(rPanel);
I suspect that the programmatic approach might not replicate some internal state changes that occur with manual dragging and docking, affecting the layout restoration process.
Could anyone provide insights or guidance on how to programmatically dock a RadPane in a manner that fully mimics the manual drag-and-dock process, ensuring consistent behavior with layout restoration? Are there specific methods or properties in the RadDocking control that I should be utilizing to achieve this?
Any suggestions or examples would be greatly appreciated!